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Meurtre sans faire-part

Original title: Portrait in Black
  • 1960
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.9K
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Meurtre sans faire-part (1960)
After a married woman and her lover murder her cruel husband, they find themselves targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.
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After repressed wealthy Sheila Cabot and her physician lover Dr. David Rivera murder her cruel invalid husband Matthew, they are targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.After repressed wealthy Sheila Cabot and her physician lover Dr. David Rivera murder her cruel invalid husband Matthew, they are targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.After repressed wealthy Sheila Cabot and her physician lover Dr. David Rivera murder her cruel invalid husband Matthew, they are targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.

  • Director
    • Michael Gordon
  • Writers
    • Ivan Goff
    • Ben Roberts
  • Stars
    • Lana Turner
    • Anthony Quinn
    • Richard Basehart
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    1.9K
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    • Director
      • Michael Gordon
    • Writers
      • Ivan Goff
      • Ben Roberts
    • Stars
      • Lana Turner
      • Anthony Quinn
      • Richard Basehart
    • 44User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Lana Turner
    Lana Turner
    • Sheila Cabot
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • Dr. David Rivera
    Richard Basehart
    Richard Basehart
    • Howard Mason
    Sandra Dee
    Sandra Dee
    • Cathy Cabot
    John Saxon
    John Saxon
    • Blake Richards
    Ray Walston
    Ray Walston
    • Cobb
    Virginia Grey
    Virginia Grey
    • Miss Lee
    Anna May Wong
    Anna May Wong
    • Tawny
    Dennis Kohler
    • Peter Cabot
    Lloyd Nolan
    Lloyd Nolan
    • Matthew S. Cabot
    Elizabeth Chan
    • Chinese Dancer
    John Wengraf
    John Wengraf
    • Dr. Kessler
    John McNamara
    • Minister
    George Womack
    • Foreman
    Paul Birch
    Paul Birch
    • Detective Lieutenant
    Robert P. Lieb
      James Nolan
      James Nolan
      • Detective
      Richard Norris
      • Mr. Corbin
      • Director
        • Michael Gordon
      • Writers
        • Ivan Goff
        • Ben Roberts
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      psthad

      Suffering in Pacific Heights....

      Poor Lana Turner is forced to wear Jean Louis gown after Jean Louis gown in this picture, a veritable sea of sequins. To add insult to injury, she is kept like a bird in a gilded cage in her magnificent Pacific Heights mansion. Her lover (Anthony Quinn) lives only a couple of blocks away, but in order to tryst with him, she must first go down to Union Square and pretend to shop at the old I. Magnin store (now Macy's), then take a cab back out to Divisadero - very inconvenient. An uncommonly silly movie, but great set decoration and use of locations. If you ever come to visit San Francisco, you can see the house that Lana, Sandra and Lloyd lived in; it's at the corner of Broadway and Baker, just about the ritziest neighborhood in town, natch....enjoy!
      9JLRMovieReviews

      Classic Melodrama

      Lana Turner, who's married to invalid Lloyd Nolan, has fallen for his doctor Anthony Quinn in one of Lana's most underrated films. This has to be one of the best examples of the melodrama genre, with Lana looking great as usual. I love it when movies know how to fill the cast with recognizable names, giving each role a chance to stand out: Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Lloyd Nolan, Sandra Dee, John Saxon, Ray Walston, silent-screen star Anna May Wong, and Virginia Grey, who was an almost constant presence in Lana's later films. How you can go wrong? Granted, it may be campy or cheesy in some places, with loopholes to boot. But it wouldn't be melodrama without them. And, watching Anthony be driven out of his mind, is priceless. Only a great actor as him could overact so well. And, Sandra Dee comes off surprisingly well in her role, as the stepdaughter skeptic of her stepmother, who goes shopping, but comes back with no packages. If you're yearning for a good old-fashioned movie, the kind they just don't make anymore, this is for you. It's out on DVD, with Madame X. (That's another review.) Knock yourself out! Also, with Lana and John Saxon together in San Francisco, it feels like early Falcon Crest all over again. You gotta love it.
      5preppy-3

      Silly but fun

      Lana Turner plays Sheila Cabot. She's unhappily married to a mean, old and rich man who treats her like that. She's having a secret affair with his doctor (Anthony Quinn). They plan and inject a lethal air bubble into her husband killing him. She gets all his money. They think they've gotten away with it till Turner receives a note in the mail saying, "Congratulations on the success of your murder". Who knows it and what do they want. A young Sandra Dee and John Saxon are mixed up in this.

      The plot is OK, it LOOKS great and Turner is always dressed to the 9s but this fails utterly. It has terrible dialogue--truly laughable. The acting doesn't help, Turner--a wonderful actress--gives a lousy performance. Quinn is seriously miscast and out of his depth. Saxon and Dee are good but are hardly in it. There's also a totally ridiculous but fun plot twist at the end. This was (understandably) a box office failure but is now considered a camp classic. Proceed at your own risk.
      verna55

      Standard suspenser is given the full Hollywood treatment.

      A beautiful, but faithless woman(Lana Turner) plots with her handsome, but brooding doctor-lover(Anthony Quinn) to murder her sickly husband(Lloyd Nolan). No, there's nothing overly fancy about this suspense melodrama, in fact in content it's quite ordinary. But the movie is given Hollywood's full treatment with striking photography, splendid costuming and decor, and good performances by a capable cast. Trivia: this film reunited IMITATION OF LIFE producer Ross Hunter with that movie's stars Lana Turner and Sandra Dee. Having played mother and daughter in that film, Turner and Dee are stepmother and stepdaughter this time around.
      rbrb

      Great music, costumes. lighting and sets...."soap" at its best

      This film was released 40 years ago yet stands the test of time.The music,costumes and sets are excellent, the acting lovable melodrama and the real winner... in my view.... the lighting!

      Can you get an Oscar for that??

      The tale is of a repressed rich housewife conspiring with her doctor lover to rid them of her invalid husband......and the spiders web which flows from that....

      Great acting from all the cast---do not miss it!

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      • Trivia
        Lana Turner wears jewelry in this film reportedly worth over $1.1M at the time (nearly $11M in 2022).
      • Goofs
        When Miss Lee approaches Cathy and Blake in the restaurant, Blake is holding a cup in his right hand and places it down. In the next shot, he's holding the cup in his left hand and puts it down again.
      • Quotes

        Sheila Cabot: Oh don't leave me David, please don't go away!

        Dr. David Rivera: I've got to go!

        Sheila Cabot: But why Darling, why? I don't know what I'll do if you go!

        Dr. David Rivera: I'm - I'm afraid of what I'll do if I stay!

      • Connections
        Edited into The Green Fog (2017)

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      • Release date
        • October 7, 1960 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Portrait in Black
      • Filming locations
        • San Francisco, California, USA(sequence at Devil's Slide on the Pacific Coast Highway - State Route 1)
      • Production company
        • Ross Hunter Productions Inc.
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        • $1,400,000 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 52 minutes

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